"Most people believe they have a clear idea of what's right and wrong. Many say they know how they'll act, or how they'll handle an extreme situation. But to be honest, no one knows. Not reallyBecause none of us truly knows what we'll do when the circumstances become so overwhelming and complex that we can't even tell right from wrong."

-- Lurlene McDaniel

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“Advertising is the voice of capital. We need to do whatever we can to limit capitalist propaganda, regulate it, minimize it, and perhaps even eliminate it. The fight against hyper-commercialism becomes especially pronounced in the era of digital communications.”

Source : "If You Like FCC Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd and Van Jones, You'll Love Free Press Co-Founder Robert McChesney" by Seton Motley, www.newsbusters.org. November 5, 2009.
“I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future if we wanted at all to keep our flag flying; for I was sure as of my own existence that if another decade was allowed to pass without an endeavour of some kind or another to shake off an unjust yoke, the Irish people would sink into lethargy from which it would be impossible for any patriot . . . to arouse them . . .”
“After nine or 10 years of being interviewed, you start wanting to team up with the reporter and get the job done.”
“Extreme sports tricks are becoming increasingly complex, the courses ever more challenging and crashes all too common.”
“If you don't know how to play hockey, learn. If you quit, get back out there.”
“I wanted to tell you everything. And that hurt because some things were too scary. Some things even I didnâ€™t understand. How could I tell someoneâ€”someone I was really talking to for the first timeâ€”everything I was thinking? I couldnâ€™t. It was too soon.”
“The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.”

Source : Matt Taibbi (2010). “Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America”, p.209, Spiegel & Grau
“One of the hardest obstacles I've had to overcome in my life was not understanding how to draw healthy boundaries. I finally learned it's perfectly OK to say no.”

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